Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz played its part at Paris Fashion Week this year, launching its Anna Della Russo at H&M collection at the Paradis Latin cabaret club. The star-studded guest list included Poppy Delevingne, Olivier Theyskens, Rachel Zoe, Jefferson Hack, Peter Dundas, Toni Garrn, Karlie Kloss, Constance Jablonski, Liya Kebede and Isabeli Fontana. The evening also featured a live concert starring Azealia Banks.
The party conveyed the theme that fashion can create a glamorous dream world, something in line with Dello Russo’s mentality.
In a press release, Dello Russo said, ‘We wanted to give the guests an unforgettable experience: an ever-evolving night that started on the red carpet and ended on the dance floor. We created an amusing cabaret show that, while being pure Parisian entertainment, could also function as a metaphor of the carousel of fashion. There was a vogueing performance, too, and I had an army of mini ADRs around me, wearing the collection, just for the sake of something unexpected. Excess for me means success.’
âThe Paradis Ball was the perfect way to launch a collection that is all about fantasy and decoration. It was eye-catching, with an optimistic injection of energy that I found particularly inspiring. We hope that our customers are excited about the launch,’ said Margareta van den Bosch, H&M’s creative adviser.
The range hits 140 H&M stores worldwide and online on October 4.

Two fashion students from Donghua University, Shanghai, have won both the Supreme Award and the runner-up prize at the Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards Show for 2012. Yuru Ma and Mengyue Wu’s Delight of Light took home the top prize in the coveted awards. Their Revive design took second place. Both won their categories, netting Ma and Wu four top prizes at WOWâan unprecedented feat, according to founder Dame Suzie Moncrieff.
The duo were two of 168 who entered, and take home NZ$42,000 in prizes. Nineteen of the thirty-five awards went to New Zealand-designed garments, while the remainder went to international ones. Of the 16, eight awards went to mainland China, including Hong Kong, and one to Taiwan; Australia, the US and India each took home two; and one award went to a Mexican designer.
âDuring the WOW judging process, we are only told the entryâs name and its inspiration, so we were very surprised when we found out that Yuru and Mengyue were the designers for both the Supreme Winner and runner-up,’ says Dame Suzie. ‘It is an extraordinary accomplishment, especially when it is their first time entering WOW. Their talent is astounding, and I am confident they will be designers to look out for in the future.
âMany tertiary students who have entered WOW in the past have gone on to work in the film and fashion industries. WOW gives them an opportunity to step outside of the normal commercial constraints and to push the boundaries of their art.’
The World of Wearable Art Awards are now in their 24th year, attracting 50,000 showgoers from around the world. Brancott Estate is a long-term partner of the Awards.

ASOS is going the extra step of working with the labels it represents by creating a collectionâthe ASOS Black x Puma range will likely be the start of other ventures.
While ASOS has worked with labels before in terms of distributionâAmerican Apparel sees ASOS strategicallyâthe Puma deal comprises a capsule of 60 sportswear pieces.
The products feature embossed rubberized branding with the ASOS Black x Puma logo, and the launch itself shows the companyâs ambition. Itâs not a distribution partnership but one which sets the scene for ASOS as a brand in its own right.
The collection blends technical elements with classic shapes, mixing function with great design.
The look book was photographed by Jamie Morgan, using young artists. The film follows on from this, with the SĂŁo Paulo art scene as a backdrop.
The Os Pixadores graffiti collective stars in the campaign. The collective, made up on gangs of five to six, uses street art, bombing the city and working at night. The style of graffiti, pixacĂŁo, derives from political slogans painted on government buildings in Brazil to protest its dictatorship.
The artists have become legendary in the city, and ASOS sees them as being âperfect ambassadorsâ for the new rangeâs innovative designs.
The Pixadores were best known for a protest during the 2008 SĂŁo Paulo Biennale, where they painted on the Pavilionâs blank walls. One activist, Caroline Pivetta de Mota, was arrested.
The film has been made by director Ben Newman, who previously shot an Urban Tour campaign featuring roller-bladers in Paris.
The campaign encourages people to be creative by sharing their art, hashtagged on Twitter or via Instagram with #Beacreator. The film and collection will be launched on September 25.

Who had the best dresses at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards?
Ones rated most highly by ITN were Nicole Kidman in her Antonio Berardi springâsummer 2013, fresh off the catwalks; Tina Fey in Vivienne Westwood; Claire Danes in Jeanne Lanvin, showing that one can accommodate a baby bump with glamour. In a nautical theme, Heidi Klum wore a sea-foam Alexandre Vauthier, with a plunging neckline and showing plenty of leg through a thigh-high slash; and SofĂ­a Vergara was in a marine mood showing off her curves in a Zuhair Murad gown complete with a mermaid tail look.
ITN is less delighted with January Jones and Kelly Osborne, both in Zac Posen; Hayden Panettiere in Marchesa; and Christina Hendricks in Christian Siriano.
Other stars attending the Emmys include Michelle Dockery in Louis Vuitton; Archie Panjabi in Randi Rahm, Maria Menounos in Oliver Tolentino, Betsy Brandt in David Meister, and Jane Levy in Pamella Rolandâall resplendent in blue. Cat Deeley wore an eye-catching, red Tadashi Shoji, while Morena Baccarin wore Basil Soda. Julie Bowen attended wearing a fluorescent yellow Monique Lhuillier, while Amy Poehler donned a black Stella McCartney gown. Julianne Hough wore a Georges Hobieka Couture gown in a similar shade to Klum’s. Meanwhile, David Babaii has revealed how Kidman got her hair look, using IT&LY Pure Water Drops Serum followed by a spritzing of IT&LY’s Pure Texture to wet hair and created a centre part. Next, he used his IT&LY blowdrier with the nozzle attachment to finish the drying process. IT&LY Pure Water Drops was used again prior to using a styling iron, then he used the company’s Racing Red one-inch Digital Iron and divided hair into three parts again: top, sides and back. Starting at the nape area and taking small sections at a time, he combed the hair before running the flat iron through. By sectioning the hair one has total control over the style. To finish, he sprayed IT&LY Pure Definition Hairspray on a toothbrush and ran it over the top hairs to give it a light hold.
Don’t forget, too, that Lucire Home had a great piece this weekend on Emmy Award parties and how to re-create that Emmy mood at home.

CNN’s Alina Cho interviews Tommy Hilfiger at his Plaza Hotel penthouse apartment in New York. The apartment, which covers 6,000 ftÂČ and two storeys, features art from Warhol (whom Hilfiger knew personally), Basquiat and Haring, and a view of Central Park.
The home, described as ‘palatial’, is owned by the designer, who in 2010 sold his business for $3,000 million. He remains principal designer.
âMy idea in the future would be to build Tommy Hilfiger Home fully, with anything and everything from furniture to tabletop. And we’re working on that now,’ he says.
âWe really wanted to go back to the way the Plaza was in the beginning when Truman Capote had the black and white ball.’
It’s only one of three homes. Hilfiger and his wife, Dee, own homes in Greenwich, Conn., and one called Palm Beach in Mustique.
The special, as part of Fashion: Backstage Pass, sees Cho interview designers one on one. Other episodes feature Diane von Furstenberg, Zac Posen (one of his first interviews was here at Lucire), Patrick Pope (a.k.a. P’Trique) and Ewan McGregor.
The Hilfiger episode airs on CNN International Saturday, September 22 at 5.30 a.m., 1.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. BST, and on Sunday, September 23 at 7.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. BST.

Georgia May Jagger will be the face of the Just Cavalli fragrance, Coty Prestige announced today. She will appear in print and TV advertisements, the former directed by Jonas Ă kerlund, the latter photographed by Mario Sorrenti.
The new fragrance hits counters in February.
The youngest daughter of the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and model Jerry Hall, Georgia May Jagger was first signed to Independent Models at 16, and has been photographed by Terry Richardson, Mario Testino and Mario Sorrenti. She was named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2009, and featured in the closing ceremony of the London Olympics alongside Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell.
At 17, she appeared in a Versace campaign photographed by Testino, following in her mother’s footsteps. Now 20, Roberto Cavalli, whose company licenses the Just Cavalli brand to Coty, says in a release, ‘Georgia is the perfect choice to incarnate Just Cavalli. She is a playful temptress.’
It is the first fragrance that Jagger has modelled for.
She says, ‘Roberto Cavalli is a great designer. The Just Cavalli brand is very sexy, young and cool. Each collection is very contemporary and colourful; it is clearly for the younger generation who wants to have a trendy look.’
âGeorgia is a talented fashion icon. Sheâs sexy and provocative. Rock is in her DNA. She is the perfect muse for the new Just Cavalli feminine fragrance,’ says FranĂ§oise Mariez, Senior Vice-President, International European Marketing Licences at Coty Prestige.